Mummelmann on 10 July 2009
| PearlJam said: I'm not exactly a Wii fan, but I can easily admit that they already won this gen. They haven't even had a price cut yet, and it's selling about as much as the other 2 systems combined. People can't say that price is the only factor here either, GameCube was cheaper than either PS2 and Xbox and that didn't put them on top. I don't really see PS3 overtaking 360 either, but it can close the gap if they do the right things. If Sony cuts the price, Microsoft will do the same. Microsoft is overall more financially secure than either Nintendo or Sony, so they can afford to do what needs to be done. Most of the system sellers have already come out, on all their respective systems. A lot of the games that helped Sony secure other generations are now Multi-plats or on other systems entirely. Sony never had the strongest 1st party studios, they were always carried by 3rd parties. Without all the 3rd parties in their back pocket, this was bound to happen. Nintendo has always relied mostly on 1st party, and since those are the games that people are buying they are in a strong position. The PlayStation brand isn't as strong as some people think, and even if it was that doesn't matter. In the 80's Nintendo was the only company that mattered, that didn't stop Sega from taking nearly half of their market share only a generation later. |
Well, that pretty much sums it up.
OT: Whatever turnarounds we've seen this gen are the only ones we'll get. Only minor changes will occurr from here on out.
